Abstract The combination of a specially developed work sheet and sticker elements to guide original composition as well as rewriting of music in simplified form without resort to staff paper, a principal feature being means for simply and unmistakably indicating the raising or lowering in the pitch of the next succeeding note and/or chord, a relationship found by music instructors to be not immediately obvious to students, and the pattern of such succeeding relationships, necessary to achieve a desired feeling, mood, or impression in an original composition being found to be quickly and easily recognizable by even somewhat more advanced musicians when recorded according to the present invention. The work sheet carries a representation of a root tone and the notes of the corresponding scale and principal chords in an octave above and an octave below the same, marked writing areas with spaces therebetween, and pre-marked stickers are selectively adhered in the spaces so that the pitch relationships can be recognized at a glance.
Means for guiding the writing and rewriting of music, comprising: a worksheet having a plurality of regularly spaced writing surface areas demarked thereon in parallel lines and defining an interrupted musical notation means having the general characteristics of staff lines with a plurality of spaces in each line; elements dimensioned for securement individually in said spaces between said spaced areas, each element indicating one of these directions, up, down, or same; said instruction means, spaced areas and elements together being inplements for the discipline of writing or rewriting selected musical notation including notes and chords and indicating the relative pitch relationship of the same in each succeeding writing surface area.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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Means for guiding the writing and rewriting of music, comprising: a worksheet having a plurality of regularly spaced writing surface areas demarked thereon in parallel lines and defining an interrupted musical notation means having the general characteristics of staff lines with a plurality of spaces in each line; elements dimensioned for securement individually in said spaces between said spaced areas, each element indicating one of these directions, up, down, or same; said instruction means, spaced areas and elements together being inplements for the discipline of writing or rewriting selected musical notation including notes and chords and indicating the relative pitch relationship of the same in each succeeding writing surface area.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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Means for guiding the writing and rewriting of music according to claim 1 wherein said elements are dimensioned to fit into said spaces and are adhesively secured onto said work sheet.